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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Disappointed by the lack of common sense
There are too many holes in the story. We know the animals are attracted to sound and at all cost we must remain quiet. The nurse dying by the ripping of a shirt was pretty generic. He had just shut off a machine that was screaming and the animal didn't make a move but he rips his shirt and wham! He's gone? That was weird. We also see the animals moving in herds in an attempt to track the helicopters up above that are barking instructions to the people trapped in the city. Well why not lure the animals away from this enclosed town? It's obviously effective because every time a helicopter comes whirling by there goes the heard again stampeding after it. That seems like a defense mechanism that I know military would have picked up on easily. On top of that the main character Sam is dying of cancer. To bear the pain she applies a fentanyl patch which would be numbing her entire body. I'm not sure how much time lapses between cuts but she has survived more than a day. Now if you know anything about opiates then you certainly know that when you take them on a daily basis your body gets both mentally and physically attached. Without your regular dose you will be thrown into some of the nastiest unbearable withdrawals ever... this lady keeps moving like she hasn't been on them daily. She pulls the patch off and keeps on ticking. This is terminal cancer we are talking about so she would have been getting the strongest of the strong fentanyl. A lot questions need to be answered and this move does nothing to address little details that we would help us root for the main character as opposed to just tolerate the super hero strength she's showing in a movie that has no comic super heroes. At least break into a pharmacy and take something so we know the cancer was that bad... NOTHING.....
Longlegs (2024)
If there was more concept of analogy I would've given it 10...
Maika Monroe nailed that character to the wall and I wish Kiernan Shipka had a bigger part.... I love how they tied Lee and Longlegs together. I did see it coming from a mile away but it was executed well. I also like the mother being the accomplice. I'm a huge fan of finding the hidden meaning in analogy's sort of like Jordan Peele does so with that being said I feel like They could've had more analogy's. Perhaps piecing together why Lee and Longlegs were alike or good vs evil but tie it to what they have in common. Altogether it was a great movie. Oz Perkins is getting better than he already was. I am a fan of his prior works like "I am the pretty little thing that lives in this house" I like "Greta's and Hansel" and I loved "The Black coats Daughter" you can see how his movies main characters are not too dialogue heavy but somehow they still convey everything you need to get the message. His movies have this dark wordless communication to them that always seem to lead you down a dark path of piecing things together. I'm looking forward to "The Monkey" in 2025. So far this has best horror movie of 2024 pinned to it clearly.... No debate go watch and be grateful.
Amelia's Children (2023)
It could've been called " A bad decision in Portugal" because it was full of them
I have it 3 stars because Carloto Cotta plays 2 or 3 people which I thought was cool. And as much as I hate Brigette Lundy Paine (simply because I cannot get on board with the they them movement while I'm referring to 1 single person) I do have to admit she is a great actress and has done some good things as an activist. So as far as casting they got a star and the story line was okay. But that's about it, I feel like the movie could've been titles "A few Dumb Decisions in Portugal" and it would've spoke to the movie more...
"Let's fly to Portugal to meet people we don't know" dumb decision
"The cars gps in Portugal isn't working... do you know where you're going?" A dumb question
"This contract is in Portuguese so I can't read it but, where do I sign? Do you have a pen?" Mind blowing
"I saw a weird creature in the garage I won't run away instead of run away I'll crouch down" why?
"Your moms doing your brother and u have crazy information about what I saw but I'll wait until tomorrow night to tell him" why not tell him immediately...
"She also went jogging through the woods in Portugal when she's American which isn't safe by any account. Another dumb decision
That's just a few of the dumb stuff I saw in the movie but you get the picture... nothing new and not executed well either...
The Piper (2023)
A lot of potential but...
Julian sands did okay as the deranged composer but Charlotte Hope dropped the ball as a main actress... she was terrible. Her facial expressions and reactions were amateur at best. However her dialogue and improve was good... it's weird a potentially good actress who cannot act... maybe it's just the way it's written but they should've had a coach to walk her through her expressions. Even if they had to be as tedious as rehearsing each reaction immediately prior to filming the scene. So much potential and what's more is I just finished watching strangers chapter 1 which was picked up by lionsgate... that movie was actually worse than "The Piper" so with the right production this movie could've actually been a really good movie... I gave them a B for effort and potential but an F on execution and acting... concept was great but the casting was horrific and not in the great horror movie way.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
The gullables chapter none
This movie is god awful.... The horrid decision making abilities the willingness to go towards the creepy noises, the "you sure you didn't mistake the human being standing in front of you with that picture frame hanging 20 feet away?" What in the actual F man I can't believe someone directed this and at any point during production said to themselves "that's it!!! Nailed it!!!" Like are you actually kidding me? Did they even watch the first strangers? How can this be related to that in any way shape or form is beyond me... absolutely garbage and a waste of money I can't believe a big production company was responsible for this atrocity of a horror film....
The Watchers (2024)
I used to jump for joy when u saw "M. Night Shyamalan" but now...
M night has become such a hit or miss director and producer. Such a promising director and film maker in general. Signs, the sixth sense, and unbreakable all timeless greats but then he goes and gives up things like "old" and "after earth" and it makes me question if he just tries until he gets it right. I appreciate film making but out of 10 movies he might land 1 maybe 2... I'm still a fan but this movie is by far one of his most horrid creations. The fact that it was pretty star studded as far as casting goes is good but that's overshadowed by such terrible writing that makes these great actresses seem like Tubi actors....
In a Violent Nature (2024)
Right now I'm in bed swaying my feet like a happy child because this movie is beautiful....
Only intended for horror fans who want the old thrill of the Jason in its prime effect. It's not going to be for everyone but it is for 85% of horror fans who really love the slasher genre and get excited by a guy who can walk down almost any victim... even the ones who are driving away from him... he's Jason and Mike had a baby... he's mad but his reason for being mad can be held in compassion from those of us who aren't in his way... he also doesn't like obnoxious teenagers so he's also relatable because well, none of us do.... The opening couple of scenes helps us understand him and at some point even say "well, we can't blame him for ripping their head off." I'm still swinging my legs right now like a kid waiting for desert btw.
Your Honor (2020)
I'm giving it 1 star because season 2 was so bad it ruined the whole thing...
I know it's a TV show and the likelihood of any of this occurring should be minuté but the lengths of ridiculousness this crap is willing to go to baffles me. I was willing to look past the fact that no one could realize the judge was obviously trying to influence the Carlo case which was annoyingly obvious seeing as how everyone was just accepting of him stopping the prosecution at all cost and allowing the defense to make a mockery. But the fact that season 2 opens with him in jail with no exact explanation of what went down is stupid. Sure u can imagine what happened but if I'm taking the time out to watch it do I want to imagine? Also I practically gave up when they decided to have a "prison rodeo card game of poker," the writer that came up with that should do 2 things... 1 stop smoking that LA weed and 2 go become a photographer and stop using words to make a living.... Dumbest nonsense with no context. Can we really call season 2 your honor? There aren't any judges in season 2, why on earth would they title the whole thing "Your Honor". I get that simple people would find this thought provoking but I consider it dumb as F... Netflix has now officially taken sloppy second failures from other streaming networks and decided to make them "Top Ten Streaming" and "Number 1 Most Watched" those 2 accolades must not be very hard to achieve and they hold no weight because there aren't 10 great shows to watch in Netflix unless they come from a foreign country, certainly not the states.... Get this load of crap out of here.
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
The only thing horrifying is the fact that I will never trust another "horror" categorized film again.... I refuse to agree with this being relatable or ART!!!!
Horror Drama? More like just drama for 1 and aside from that the whole time you're watching your thinking wtf? What's going on? I get that these kids had trauma but there was no substance whatsoever... were the parents abusive? I thought so until he said his dad took him to parks and ball games that threw a wrench in the abuse perspective... did the guy have a family? We didn't see them... what in the actual F is going on in this movie... "let's just make a movie with a bunch of colors and scenes that don't connect... throw some gaps in the middle and let people imagine the rest" is pretty much the just of it.... Watch it if your into movies that don't make sense and simply do not fulfill any notion of horror. I have to go watch the conjuring again after this just to go to bed because I'm frightened yes but only because I'm afraid I'll never be able to trust another "horror" movie.
Andra sidan (2020)
They literally deleted any rationale possible
It's almost as if they say and thought about how people would normally react in a paranormal situation and said "now let's do the exact opposite". There is absolutely no direction no connection and no explanation.... The husbands blames the wife for the kids turmoil and the kid says nothing to tell his dad that it actually isn't the mom... he just calmly sits eating a bowl of cheerios watching cartoons waiting for the ghost to come fondle him again... no one bothers to turn on a light explain what's happening or why or most importantly call a priest... and all she had to do was tell the ghost "the child is mine" and the ghost said okay or more like "alien screeched" the word okay and gave the kid back....wtf? Also why does the dad keep leaving if he has any logic of what is going on? Okay my wife may be going nuts my kid is getting smacked around but "I'm leaving for a week to work" comes back the kid is even more smacked up and says "I'm leaving for a day to tie loose ends" mf what? No rationale whatsoever and when did ghost start sounding like pigs giving birth? Sweden sucks at horror movies!!!
Tarot (2024)
Spoof at best
At some points it felt like a spoof of a horror movie... especially when the one girl is climbing the attic ladder that keeps mysteriously getting let down on its own.... Then the classic "guys this isn't funny, okay I'm coming up line" is where I said to myself "nope not doing it" the cheesy dumb victim girl scheme should not be allowed in movies anymore ever because of how repetitive and cheesy it is...I can't even believe I waited a couple months to be able to stream this for free... that's how absolutely cheesy and repetitive this movie was. Absolutely lacks any integrity and originality and above all else it suffers horrible editing on the production end. I'm surprised that Sony would allow themselves the burden if another blemish on their already smeared reputation for the genre of horror, as if they could actually afford the luxury of having any more repulsive blemishes at all.... If you can make it past the first 10 scenes just know it will not get better.
Where the Devil Roams (2023)
I'm fascinated with everything this family puts out so.....
My patience with their projects will not be wearing thin anytime soon. I will continue to follow them until Zelda gets her big break which I see coming sooner rather than later. I think mom and dad are geniuses artistically and Zelda has undeniable talent. And Lulu forget about it I'm absolutely in love with Lulu and she's so sexy. With that said I really liked this movie and the whole carnival concept I just feel like it was a little longer than it needed to be. From the outside looking it the movie could've ended when the mom and dad were killed and could've probably had a scene or two after to show Zelda either transitioning into her own form of deranged killer or have her discover and transition into this divine good person she never knew she was but always wanted to be, accompanied with her finding her voice and heading towards normal. It could've ended either way but to me those would've been good endings that would've kept us wanting more. After the axe scene where the breathtakingly gorgeous lulu murders the mom and dad I felt a little disengaged as I was expecting that to be the end so I couldn't really get into what followed the way I was up until that buildup. Sort of like when you ride the roller coaster after that first drop it's hard to build that feeling of the first drop again because it's already passed and looking at the roller coaster from the outside you see that the first drop is the big one. Anyway enough of my metaphors. I think Zelda has something else in the making according to IMDB so I will be watching. I will also continue to follow the family until they knock it out the park which I have a feeling they will. Living around upstate New York myself I feel connected to them. I hope they continue to thrive.
Night Swim (2024)
Really running out of ideas huh?
Whose absolutely horrible idea was this? A killer swimming pool? I actually can't believe I'm actually watching this. The pool is super aggressive and there's dead people just hanging around it... going for a night swim.... The pool even scratches people... I'm guessing it has claws... I'm in utter disbelief that writers sat around and concocted this movie... I'm even in more disbelief that no one realized how dumb it sounded and is as they were filming it... you guys and girls literally sat around and came up with a killer pool script and no one bothered mentioning... "this is actually a pretty stupid movie" the pool could've been a sacred object or a burial ground but it's neither... it's just a pool...
Ps. In addition to claws the pool can use those claws to sucking humans and dogs down a drain hole no bigger that a baseball (no pun intended) the dad is a baseball player after all... it's like sucking a lemon through a straw but it does it with ease...
Bulbbul (2020)
The storyline was cool BUT...
I'm in America... I have no clue what child marriage is. Or why it seems so normal in India at that time. My only question is why and why does it seem like everyone is just okay with this? I'm confused.... I couldn't get past that part at all. Poor little baby incest MFS... if this is what India is like it pisses me off. I see the Netflix documentaries predator and butcher wtf is going on in India... I'm so pissed that they are ok with this no one says anything and everyone allows it to happen. Aside from that a little color yes perhaps even black and white which I wouldn't have bothered to watch cause I was born in the 90s when color was a thing, but perhaps not so much color would've been great... the dreadful red during killing scenes was just redundant... end note I'll pass.
30 Monedas (2020)
I'm not sure what u want anymore....
As I read the reviews I can't help but wonder what exactly is it in looking for. Cause once again I'm not impressed. When I think of horror I think of James wan (early days) Blumhouse (sometimes) or the classics like exorcist conjuring 1 insidious. Even if it is in Spanish, which I might add has some of the best horror movies, I expect more common sense then making stupid decisions because you know the camera is watching. Be a little bit more realistic and in easily impressed. Something as little as someone making the decision to GTFO of town because of all this crap that's going in, can really impress me because it shows they made an attempt to flee but the evil followed them. Little things like that make this way more realistic and it gives you that sense of "oh crap if that happens to me I won't be able to get away from it" but watching people put up with crap because "I can't leave my townspeople" is corny as F. If something goes down no one is sticking around for anyone except blood relatives and sometimes not even that lol... I give it 5 because if dumb decision making. With that said it could've been great.
The Nun II (2023)
Not sure what a 5.9 is doing next the the IMDb score
This movie is absolutely fantastic especially because it's 4 years after the first events and 15 years before the conjuring. We have everything from demons to dead kids to the whereabouts of Maurice and the Sister... it's way better than the first and it actually does pickup where it left off while going full circle back towards the conjuring... that alone made this movie GREAT. People come here giving unrealistic reviews and scores and that pisses me off... if you're an avid horror fan and a fan of the conjuring universe than you will appreciate this movie more than the conjuring 3... this did have the scare factor to it. I always found the nun to be scarier than all the conjuring except for the first 1.... Go watch!
Birth/Rebirth (2023)
***I TAKE MY PREVIOUS REVIEW BACK***Not sure how 3 different sites have this rated so high.
AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE ALL THE WAY THROUGH I THINK ITS ABSOLUTELY GREAT. IT DID BUILD SOME EMOTION BUT NOT EVERY TIME IT SHOULD HAVE... THE ENDING WAS A TYPICAL "DAMN WHAT A STUPID ENDING" SCENE BUT IM HOPING A PART 2 WILL FIX THAT.
Previous Review
First of all it's pretty dull to say the least. There's no emotion whatsoever. You don't feel a connection to any character by any means. They don't explain what happens or why or even how, so it doesn't allow you to feel the pain if a mother who just lost her child. Hell the mother doesn't even cry when he baby daughter dies. One day the daughter is fine the next morning she sick and that very night she is dead. Then the mother is at the morgue the very next morning without 1 tear drip she'd. She goes about her life in a very normal emotionless way. I usually get that lump in the back of my throat when I see a mother lose a kid in a movie. But in this movie the love, the lost, and the grief are all completely emotionless. So you're just on a "welp life goes on" kind of attitude.
The Passenger (2023)
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS MOVIE!!! This is an actual review straight up no cast or production hype review...
By far one of the best movies I've seen in a while cause it literally has every emotion mixed in at the same time. It almost made me cry while laughing hysterically at the same time. There was literally points where I felt sad but at the same time I couldn't stop laughing. While Johnny Berchtolds character makes you want to cry of empathy Kyle Gallners character is right there to take that tear jerker and push it right back into your eye and make you start dying laughing and then all of a sudden the mood gets absolutely serious and your right back into the thick of it. By far this movie gets a ten from me because it was just so much emotion. Excellent story line, plot twist, unexpected occurrences, and much more.. GO WATCH NOW!!!
Evil Dead Rise (2023)
Had high hopes... Deviating from the original part 2 wasn't the best idea
I had really high hopes for this one. Tbh the effects were awesome but the story line wasn't realistic.., burial ground u see a project LA run down apartment building? Besides where are all the other tenants of the building? How does no one hear what's going on inside this small apartment? I have a million questions... my downstairs neighbors would've called every coo on the force if I would've made the racket they made during the struggle... and what part of LA has no one walking down its streets at any time of the day? Just not realistic and it's a shame because it could've been. Like part 1 for example "girl on drugs trying to get clean decides to quit cold turkey in a cabin in the woods" great idea but family in an apartment that only 4 other people outside of the apartment interact with during a loud struggle ... no and the major while in the plot was why this thing chose this family at all to begin with... could've been much better with a little TLC.... 5 stars for good graphic and creepy looking main demon.
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
"The Nun" had a baby with "The Rite"....5 stars by default
Everything from the script to the exact phrases to the characters and even the setting is the exact same as every other Vatican exorcist movie ever created... This is basically "THE RITE" mixed with a little conjuring the devil made me do it. Absolutely nothing new under the sun. I can agree Having Russel Crowe play the exorcist was great but Anthony Hopkins already nailed that role and he did it better than Crowe could. By default this can only get a 5 because you're watching the same exact thing over again. Mocking God "what's you name?!" "Don't address the demon directly" "Pray" "Unclean Spirit" I mean it's all there and all the exact same... The movie takes place in an Abby which screams "The Nun." With all that said it's worth a watch because it's funny at times and it is a horror movie about exorcism. If you're a horro fan like I am (especially when the Vatican is involved) then it's certainly worth a watch but to rate it more then 5 stars is ridiculous.
Red Rose (2022)
The soundtrack costed them 2-3 stars easy...
Never did I think I'm a million years a soundtrack would completely F a horror show up for me.. when I read the twins who did Bly did this show I thought "yup I'll give it a watch" the Fn sound track pissed me off so much it's not even funny Barbie girl during a funeral set? I can't believe how this soundtrack made it through the talent (or lack of) in production.... I literally had to fast forward past it because of the fact that they kept playing Barbie girl over and over some original vocals and some opera type vocals... F off for that cause it was cringey as hell... the soundtrack is horrible... I can't even watch it anymore I'm at episode 3 and they have someone covering "better off alone and she's terrible" I draw the line here... cutting it off... damnit I wanted to like it...
Skinamarink (2022)
2 things ruined it for me short and simple...
1. Why on earth did they feel the need to shoot the whole movie in that retro cloudy 1970 but with a lot of filter BS picture? Actually being able to see what's going on would've been great.
2. About an hour of the movie is absolutely nothing... now really sure why they thought it ok to make a movie where absolutely nothing happens for more than half of it... I thought my picture in my tv was broken cause u could hear people talking but the camera was out of focus... thinking about it makes me hate the movie even more... if you want to go to sleep this is your movie.. overall opinion? Don't waste your time unless you have nothing else to watch AT ALL.
Don't Look at the Demon (2022)
A monk.... How original...
A medium hopped up on benzos.... A new female crew member who happens to be a tramp... a producer who's sleeping with the medium... and a couple camera guys who probably punch refrigerators at college parties to see who can make the bigger dent in the fridge.... and a monk who can or can't save the day... now add a demon presence and safe to say... idk wtf I'm looking at anymore. Production was all over the place... I'm not sure the writers ever met each other for this movie. Seems like they were in different universes when they wrote this. Horror my ass don't waste your time and the lead actress annoyed me with the way she looked... comb your hair lady wtf.
Infrared (2022)
Had potential With no experience
I'm guessing there was 1 writer for this movie who had no one to bounce ideas off of as far as the script goes. On top of that the lady's acting was absolutely terrible. Wes' acting however while not incredibly great was actually not bad. The script took away from his acting skills I think. A better script could've made him seem a little more authentic cause he had his moments. Usually getting into his line he was good but by the end of his line or lines he lost the ability to be called a good actor. The writer had a good idea regarding what the next setting and lines would be but it seems like he got bored half way through each scene and rushed it just to be done. My advice take your time and keep with it. Some acting was actually so good I couldn't tell it was actually a movie... had to go check because the mannerisms and lines were superbly authentic, like the lady in the coffee cup scene... super job. I'll give it 4 cause I actually watched it.
When I Consume You (2021)
A few things that kept it from 8 stars...
They did a really good job at building identity on the characters. Add to that the fact that the siblings acted the part well enough to have you feel their struggle. However, killing daphne off in the first 20 minutes was pretty premature. The fact that we don't exactly know how or why she died also didn't sit right with me. I usually love horror dramas because of the fact that they do so well with building the characters and making you feel every ounce of their emotion. This just didn't deliver... it burned really slow... the backwood of horror drama genre if you will. I just don't know where they were trying to go. Yellow veil hasn't ever given me anything to make me write home about so the most exciting part of the movie for me was finding out what production company was used. I was expecting A24 or even Blunhouse. When I saw yellow veil I thought to myself "well in that case how good could it be" I will say it delivered what I expected which wasn't much. This was a production company failure because the actors delivered.